| Term | Definition |
|---|
| first person narrator | only sees through one person's perspective, might be biased, realistic |
| third person objective narrator | not in the story, outsider telling the story how he sees it |
| third person omniscient narrator | sees what is thoughts of all the characters |
| third person limited omniscient narrator | outsider, see's one persons perspective |
| juxtaposition | an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast |
| theme | a unifying or dominant idea |
| metaphor | comparison that does not use like or as |
| simile | a comparison between two things that uses like or as |
| paradox | contradicting ideas |
| oxymoron | two words that are juxtaposed that contradict each other |
| diction | style of speaking or writing |
| dramatic irony | audience knows something that the characters do not |
| situational irony | the outcome of the story or play is different then what was expected. comes on as a surprise |
| verbal irony | a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant |
| syntax | the order of the words in a sentence |
| pathetic fallacy | giving inanimate objects, or animals human feelings and emotions |
| denouement | in a story, the questions are answered |
| flat character | 2 dimensional, no complexity, no depth, no personality |
| round character | many characteristics and personalities |
| static character | someone who stays the same, status quo |
| dynamic character | ability to change/grow |
| stock character | there to represent a sterotype, no purpose in the story. |
| 6 ways to develop a character | 1. narrator's direct comments. 2. what other characters think. 3. characters actions. 4. characters thoughts. 5. characters speech. 6. characters physical appearence |
| external conflicts | 1. man vs. man 2. man vs. nature 3. man vs society |
| internal conflicts | 1. man vs. self (man vs g-d) |
| elements of a good plot | conflicts, character development, perspective |
| bare bones of a story | exposition, complication, climax, resolution |
| protagonist | main character, hero |
| antagonist | person against main character, villian |
| symbol | something used to represent something else |
| tone | depressing or happy, tone of literature story. |
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